Chattanooga Dog Fighting Operation

5:13 pm

Tue May 28, 2013

TBI Agents Discover Dog Fighting Operation

Animal cruelty investigators remove a treadmill from a Chattanooga home on Friday. The treadmill was allegedly used to condition fighting dogs.

Credit WRCB-TV

Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say they uncovered evidence of an illegal dog fighting operation over the weekend while executing a narcotics search warrant at a Chattanooga home. McKamey Animal Services of Chattanooga was called in to investigate the scene after law enforcement officials found a dozen dogs, an indoor fighting ring and several dog fighting tools, including a treadmill used to condition fighting dogs. McKamey Executive Director Karen Walsh tells WUOT News it's rare to find this much evidence because dog fighting operations are notoriously mobile.